I am also confused by this. Does having a press car somehow make you an unsafe driver? Shouldn’t driving different cars be part of the job of an automotive journalist?

When I was a poor college student a friend of mine worked at a Belle Tire. He told me customers came in with barely used tires they just didn’t like all the time, usually on newer cars. When my ‘95 Mercury Cougar was in desperate need of new tires he began keeping an eye out for a good set of used tires. One day he…

The C2 is still my favorite generation of Corvette. 

But being a teenager driving a POS 2WD car in the snow is part of the fun of being a teenager. 

I do order pizza in bad weather, as I order pizza every Friday with rare exception. If the weather is bad I make sure and order from my closest regular place, which is less than a mile away. Like most readers of this site I always tip well, but I double my normal amount if it’s awful outside. 

I’m someone who has played Harvest Moon ever since the first iteration back on SNES. I did not enjoy the direction the series took after a while. I absolutely love Stardew Valley, and it is easily my most played game on Switch. I realize Eric Barone owes us nothing, but I would pay him a significant sum of money for a…

I’m not a whiskey guy, but I enjoyed Allison’s writing.

Please tell me they licensed this for the theme song.

I usually prefer making my own chicken if I want a whole one, as I like cooking them on the grill. For me grocery store rotisserie chickens are more of a quick dinner item when I don’t have time to cook a proper dinner. 

Potatoes bought in bulk are very inexpensive if you can go through 50 pounds of them before they go bad. This works for someone with an ideal place to store potatoes, but not for everyone. My family of 4 rarely gets through a 10 pound bag before the quality starts to diminish. We of course don’t eat potatoes every…

That’s back when Kate Bernot wrote for this site. I agree that she was very good. 

Heck, it’s not even usually more, they are usually less. In my parts a rotisserie chicken goes for $5-6, while a whole chicken goes for at least $7, depending on size of course. 

True, but my answered could be construed as, “don’t buy a car right now if you don’t have you you idiot”. 

Have you ever tried to put a monstrous modern child seat in the rear of something like a BRZ? I have a 6 year old who is still in a forward facing car seat. Modern safety recommendations are to keep them in a car seat with a harness until they exceed the weight limit. On most seats this is 60-65 pounds. I have tiny…

That’s actually not my view at all. I work for an automaker, so it’s in my best interest that people go out and buy cars. Folks going out and buying the high-margin vehicles we prioritized last year is the reason I’m getting paid out a ridiculous bonus this month. I love that there is still strong demand in the…

Because I think it’s rude to tell someone else how to spend their money. 

Yeah, it’s hard to say. None of the death certificates I’ve read involved anything too out of the ordinary. I certainly agree it doesn’t seem like there is a compelling reason why the public should have access to things like photos. I think a written autopsy report is a little stickier, which is why courts, not a…

HIPPA covers medical records, not death records. Death certificates are public in most, if not all states. I’ve requested them myself for non-close family members. 

Well this is Jalopnik, hating crossovers is the price of entry. Our leased family vehicle is also a crossover, and while it’s far from being fun to drive, it serves its intended purpose very well. I have a family of 4 and a medium sized dog. I would personally pass on taking my family summer trips in anything smaller.

In this case I’d look at it more like delayed gratification. I’m a sales analyst for a major automaker; I don’t expect car prices will ever completely return to their pre-pandemic levels, but I think the environment will be much friendlier to buyers a year from now.